Thursday, June 11, 2015

North Carolina House
of Representatives voted to override Governor Pat McCrory’s veto of Senate Bill
2, the Magistrates Recusal bill. This anti-LGBT bill excuses North Carolina
magistrates and other public officials from performing marriage services for
couples with whom they do not agree. The
vote was held with no warning and no debate allowed, and comes a week after the
Senate overrode the veto as well.
Joining me today to talk all about the bill and how it discriminates
against the states LGBT citizens and creates problems for all North Carolinians
who seek use of taxpayer-funded public services is Chris SgroExecutive Director of Equality North Carolina,the state’s largest
LGBT advocacy organization.

The ongoing drought
in California has become big news across the country, as residents and
business’ in the state struggle to conserve water. However what most people may not realize is
that drought is actually causing the state to sink, and new details emerging
highlight just how severe this sinking has become and how little the government
has done to monitor it. Joining me today
to talk about the problem and how it will cause extensive damage to the state’s
infrastructure and economy is Nathan Halverson a reporter and producer who covers business and finance for the Center for Investigative Reporting and recently wrote all about the problem for
the Center’s website RevealNews.org.

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